
Walter Flowers
Democrat · AL-7 · House of Representatives
57 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (57)
HR 502 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction for expenses incurred by a taxpayer in making repairs and improvements to his residence.
Introduced 1973-01-03 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Housing and Community DevelopmentHR 500 — Uniformed Services Retirement Pay Equalization Act
Introduced 1973-01-03 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 501 — A bill to amend the black lung benefits provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 to extend those benefits to miners who incur silicosis in iron mines.
Introduced 1973-01-03 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mines and mineral resourcesHR 10632 — A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41) to provide that under certain circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements shall not be deemed unlawful.
Introduced 1973-10-02 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
CommerceHR 7877 — A bill to amend section 210 of the Flood Control Act of 1968.
Introduced 1973-05-16 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Recreation areasHR 7801 — Food Supplement Amendment
Introduced 1973-05-15 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HR 7638 — Budget Control Act
Introduced 1973-05-09 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 2307 — A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating a certain river in the State of Alabama for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system.
Introduced 1973-01-18 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 2308 — A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish orderly procedures for the consideration of applications for renewal of broadcast licenses.
Introduced 1973-01-18 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 14662 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide an additional income tax exemption for a taxpayer, his spouse, or his dependent, who is disabled.
Introduced 1976-07-01 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 14002 — A bill to amend the Administrative Conference Act.
Introduced 1976-05-25 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 13940 — A bill for the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Wayne Ogburn.
Introduced 1976-05-20 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 13941 — A bill for the relief of Mary Vance Trent.
Introduced 1976-05-20 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 13761 — Consumer Communications Reform Act
Introduced 1976-05-12 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 13431 — A bill to transfer responsibility for furnishing certified copies of Miller Act payment bonds from the Comptroller General to the officer that awarded the contract for which the bond was given.
Introduced 1976-04-29 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 13393 — A bill to give the Comptroller General of the United States the authority to prescribe the monetary limitation for waiver of claim actions by the heads of agencies and Secretaries of Departments.
Introduced 1976-04-28 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 13305 — Government Economy and Spending Reform Act
Introduced 1976-04-27 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 12543 — Administrative Rule Making Reform Act
Introduced 1976-03-16 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 12257 — A bill for the relief of Jonty Skinner.
Introduced 1976-03-02 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 12088 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to extend the delimiting period for completing programs of education for veterans pursuing such programs at the close of such period.
Introduced 1976-02-25 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 12048 — Administrative Rule Making Reform Act
Introduced 1976-02-24 · Measure failed of passage in House under suspension of rules, roll call #785 (265-135).
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 11643 — A bill to amend section 5701 (a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 so as to change the bracket tax on cigars to an ad valorem tax.
Introduced 1976-02-03 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 11188 — A bill to limit the period of authorization of new budget authority and to require comprehensive review and study of existing programs for which continued budget authority is proposed to be authorized by committees of the Congress.
Introduced 1975-12-16 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 10196 — A bill to amend chapter 5, subchapter II, of title 5, United States Code, to provide for improved administrative procedures.
Introduced 1975-10-09 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresHR 10195 — A bill to amend chapter 5, subchapter II, of title 5, United States Code, to provide for improved administrative procedures.
Introduced 1975-10-09 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresHR 10199 — A bill to amend chapter 7, title 5, United States Code, with respect to procedure for judicial review of certain administrative agency action.
Introduced 1975-10-09 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresHR 10194 — A bill to amend chapter 5, subchapter II, of title 5, United States Code, to provide for improved administrative procedures.
Introduced 1975-10-09 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresHR 10198 — A bill to amend chapter 5, subchapter II, of title 5, United States Code, to provide for improved administrative procedures.
Introduced 1975-10-09 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresHR 10197 — A bill to amend chapter 5, subchapter II, of title 5, United States Code, to provide for improved administrative procedures.
Introduced 1975-10-09 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresHR 9855 — A bill to repeal the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974.
Introduced 1975-09-25 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing.
Real estate businessHR 9965 — A bill for the relief of Boulder Daily Camera, Boulder, Colorado.
Introduced 1975-10-01 · Private Law 94-96.
Private LegislationHR 9414 — A bill for the relief of TV Facts, Rochester, New York.
Introduced 1975-09-05 · Private Law 94-95.
Private LegislationHR 8814 — A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that certain publications of institutions of higher education shall qualify for second-class mail rates.
Introduced 1975-07-22 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
PeriodicalsHR 6963 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the exemption for purposes of the Federal estate tax from $60,000 to $200,000.
Introduced 1975-05-14 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 6853 — A bill for the relief of Mr. Chin-Pao Shao.
Introduced 1975-05-08 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 5576 — A bill to amend the act of August 24, 1935 (commonly referred to as the "Miller Act") to provide for additional protection to persons supplying labor and material in the prosecution of work provided for in contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of any public building or public work of the United States, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1975-03-26 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 4938 — A bill for the relief of Major Charles H. Lyon III, United States Army.
Introduced 1975-03-13 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 4152 — A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code as to the title of the commissioners of the U.S. Court of Claims.
Introduced 1975-03-04 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
LawHR 4151 — A bill to amend section 2509 of title 28 of the United States Code as to procedures in congressional reference cases.
Introduced 1975-03-04 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
LawHR 3816 — A bill for the relief of John A. Townsley.
Introduced 1975-02-26 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 3815 — A bill for the relief of Joseph J. Andrews.
Introduced 1975-02-26 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 3817 — A bill for the relief of the Billings Gazette, the Idaho Statesman, the Independent Record, the Newspaper Agency, Utah State Press Association, Incorporated, Arizona Daily Sun, and Williams News.
Introduced 1975-02-26 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 1285 — A bill to amend the black lung benefits provisions of the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 to extend those benefits to miners who incur silicosis in iron mines.
Introduced 1975-01-14 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Lung diseasesHJRES 359 — Joint resolution to amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide for the designation of the 11th day of November of each year as Veterans Day.
Introduced 1975-03-25 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHJRES 321 — Joint resolution to amend the joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to codify and emphasize existing rules and customs pertaining to the display and use of the flag of the United States of America."
Introduced 1975-03-13 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
National emblemsHJRES 266 — Joint resolution to designate 1975 as "Key Club International 50th Anniversary Year."
Introduced 1975-03-04 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHR 13677 — Judicial Independence and Integrity Act
Introduced 1978-08-01 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
LawHR 13588 — A bill to change the name of the China Bluff Access Area being constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers as part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway near Warsaw in Sumter County, Alabama to the "S.W. Taylor Memorial Park".
Introduced 1978-07-25 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 13482 — A bill to change the name of the Gainsville Public Use Area being constructed near Warsaw in Sumter County, Alabama to the "S. W. Taylor Memorial Park".
Introduced 1978-07-14 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Monuments and memorialsHR 13304 — A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Clayton Act to exempt incorporated or unincorporated associations of health professions personnel from the Federal Trade Commission Act and the antitrust laws.
Introduced 1978-06-28 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
HealthHR 12520 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, so as to exempt subsistence allowances of law enforcement officers of the United States from Federal income taxes.
Introduced 1978-05-03 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 10156 — A bill for the relief of Chin-Pao Shao.
Introduced 1977-11-29 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 8298 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide an additional income tax exemption for a taxpayer, his spouse, or his dependent, who is disabled.
Introduced 1977-07-13 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 7803 — Small Business Administrative Review Act
Introduced 1977-06-15 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Judicial review of administrative actsHR 5551 — A bill to suspend for a 3-year period the duty on 2-Methyl, 4- chlorophenol.
Introduced 1977-03-23 · Measure passed Senate, amended.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 116 — Administrative Rule Making Reform Act
Introduced 1977-01-04 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Administrative procedureHJRES 1102 — A resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the reconfirmation of judges after a term of eight years.
Introduced 1978-08-01 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
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